Muhammad Shaheer Bin Junaid
Researcher, Engineer, Author, Entrepreneur
A cybersecurity researcher and engineer, working where post-quantum cryptography meets systems already in use. I build tools that check whether quantum-safe protection is really in place, and as CTO of Headline Recorder I lead its engineering and infrastructure. I am also writing a book on making the post-quantum transition work for every country.
Recent Works
Current roles
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Chief Technology Officer
Headline Recorder (external site)
Leads engineering at a Karachi news publisher covering Pakistan's business and economy. The work covers its custom WordPress platform and the infrastructure and security behind it.
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Founder & Managing Director
Corven Watches (external site)
An independent brand of limited-edition luxury watches, founded in 2025.
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Cybersecurity & GRC Consultant
Independent consultancy
Security and governance work for Pakistani organisations, mostly software houses and hospitals, including the first steps of their move to post-quantum cryptography.
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Founder & Managing Director
Pearl Construction Co.
A construction firm whose completed work includes renovations of government schools.
Latest work
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Post-Quantum Content Provenance for a Production News Platform
Every article and op-ed on the site is signed with a hybrid post-quantum signature: ML-DSA-87 (FIPS 204, NIST security category 5) and ED448 (RFC 8032), over a canonical, byte-stable encoding…
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Google Just Tested One of the Quiet Assumptions Behind Breaking RSA
Commentary on a reported first demonstration of magic state cultivation on real quantum hardware, and why it matters to cryptographers watching the path towards breaking RSA.
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Quantum Machine Learning Protection of Military Quantum Key Distribution Against Cryptographically Camouflaged Attacks
Quantum key distribution proves its protocol secure and says nothing about the hardware beneath it, so military and government operators fielding it for command-and-control keys monitor the channel for implementation…
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The Cryptographic Divide
How the World Can Make the Post-Quantum Transition Work for Every Country
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Ghillie
A decoy-state BB84 telemetry simulator and quantum-kernel detector for attacks hidden in the noise of a quantum key distribution link.
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HollowLock: Post-Quantum TLS Posture Scanner
Why turning post-quantum TLS on and enforcing it are different states, and a tool that tells them apart by running the real handshakes: enforced, partial or hollow.
Correspondence
Research collaborations, security engineering, cryptographic migration, speaking, interviews and writing.